Paul Jeffrey

Amid the violence in Sudan, farmers like Adel Dut did what Jeremiah counseled centuries before, when hope grew dim in his world. She planted seeds.

En medio de la violencia en Sudán, agricultores como Adel Dut hicieron lo que Jeremías aconsejó siglos antes, cuando la esperanza en su mundo se desvanecía: sembrar semillas.

Caring for creation means caring for the most vulnerable among us. In a world challenged by the climate crisis, we are called to Gospel action that can overcome environmental deterioration with solidarity.

Cuidar la creación significa cuidar a la gente más vulnerable. En un mundo que enfrenta una crisis climática, el Evangelio nos llama a tomar medidas y actuar con solidaridad para superar el deterioro ambiental.

El mismo asombro que sentimos al observar un colibrí deberíamos sentirlo también al contemplar las serpientes, las arañas, las abejas y la hiedra venenosa. Sin embargo, una de cada tres especies de plantas y animales en el planeta corre el riesgo de extinguirse en los próximos 50 años por el cambio climático.

The same marvel we feel when we observe a hummingbird should characterize our response to snakes, spiders and poison ivy. Yet climate change is expected to doom one in three species in the next 50 years.

Para sanar el planeta, debemos reducir nuestro consumo a niveles que sean sostenibles para todos.

To heal the planet, we must reduce our consumption to levels that are sustainable for everyone. 

Creation is all about new life, over and over again. Sustainable, environmentally sound agriculture contributes to the well-being of those who grow the food and those who consume it.

La Creación significa vida nueva, vez tras vez. La agricultura sostenible y respetuosa con el medio ambiente contribuye al bienestar, tanto de quienes cultivan los alimentos como de quienes los consumen.

Ernesto Cardenal was the priest and poet for the poor and others at the margins. Today, the church isn't quite so afraid of his vision, unlike the iconic moment between Cardenal and Pope John Paul II.

A Catholic bishop in the Philippines said his government's controversial war on drugs is really a war against the country's poor.

An initiative to identify and properly treat children living with HIV has gained new momentum as international organizations and pharmaceutical companies respond to a Vatican push to look past profit to doing the right thing.

Caught between a repressive government to the north and a civil war to the south, residents of the Nuba Mountains of Sudan face difficult choices as they ponder their future.